Preference Quotes

322 quotes by 288 authors

How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason in… — Aron Nimzowitsch
Nature is probably quite indifferent to the aesthetic preferences of mathematicians. — Alfred North Whitehead
There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all… — Edith Wharton
An election goes on every minute of the business day across the counters of hundreds of thousands of stores and shops where the customers state… — Bruce Barton
It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have preference above the accurate. — David Hume
Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind rises; where the… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies… — Jimmy Carter
So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we use this argument… — Peter Singer
Like the vast majority of Americans, I've opposed same-sex marriage, but I've also opposed unjust discrimination against anyone, for racial or religious reasons, or for… — Mitt Romney
The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When like and dislike are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make… — Sengcan
Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of what one dislikes.… — Gautama Buddha
Human beings are not comparable. You can't compare us any more than you can compare roses and oranges, or mountains and the sea. You might… — Barbara Sher
Evidence that [feminine aesthetic preferences and ways of expressing oneself] may be hardwired comes from the fact that they typically appear early in childhood and… — Julia Serano
The reality is that beer still outsells wine and spirits combined, and makes up 60 of all alcoholic beverage occasions. It's important to keep beer… — Pat McGauley
If it wasn't a chaotic scene, if it was an orderly evacuation, we would be able to give you specifics about what our preferences would… — David Catania
By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief… — Leo Tolstoy
The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need… — Dick Morris
Gourmandise is an impassioned, rational and habitual preference for all objects that flatter the sense of taste. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Commencement oratory must eschew anything that smacks of partisan politics, political preference, sex, religion or unduly firm opinion. Nonetheless, there must be a speech: Speeches… — John Kenneth Galbraith
And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on… — Ernest K. Gann

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